nip and tuck

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   plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

   “some actresses have more than one face lift”

   Synonymsface liftfaceliftliftface liftingcosmetic surgeryrhytidectomyrhytidoplasty

   Broaderplastic surgery

   Narrowernose job

1. 1.

   inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition

   “as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck”

   “the election was a nip and tuck affair”

   Synonymsneck and neckhead-to-head

   Similarinconclusive

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   even or close in a race or competition or comparison

   “the horses ran neck and neck”

   “he won nip and tuck”

   Synonymsneck and neckhead-to-head

Questions about nip and tuck

What does nip and tuck mean?

nip and tuck means "plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for nip and tuck?

Close synonyms include face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nip and tuck a common word?

nip and tuck is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.